Aloha My Crafty Mavens!! I just wanted to come here and talk a bit about the changes that you will notice over the next few months! After a quite long much needed break The Crafty Maven Getaway is back. Just not in the way you are used too. After me, Hannah, started this year I realized I missed some things about our community. I missed all my friends who helped me build The Crafty Maven but I also missed sharing inspiration the way we used to when the Channel was running like a well oiled machine. I had a thought, what if The Crafty Maven Getaway could be more, what if I could do more to inspire my friends, my community, my industry but in a newer way. I jogged my mind and remembered all I left behind and then then I started dreaming about what I could do here. So I started planning!! I started talking my scrappy bestie and things started to become clearer.
I turned The Crafty Maven Getaway into a business. With this change I have the room to help this channel to grow in ways it couldn’t before. With this change I do want to assure you, I still plan on sharing and have available to you lots of free content too. I don’t want to lose the roots and the feel of what had been built over these last 10 years.
Here are some things that have changed:
- I am adding a weekly podcast with Crafty Meggy. Each Saturday we talk about something scrappy or crafty. This episodes can be found on the YouTube Channel. There will be show notes here in the the podcast area. All the topics and questions we discuss will be found there. You can continue the conversation in our facebook community group.
2. For The Love Of Homemade Kits is starting back up again. Each month I will release an inspiration piece (this is one element from the past I want to keep to help inspire you with a focus) and a recipe. The recipe will have a list a patterned paper styles, embellishment types, alphas and one focused mixed media products. With this recipe you can create a monthly stash kit to use on your projects to help use your stash. Crafty Meggy and I will share our monthly stash kits on the Youtube Channel. Throughout the month we will share our layouts with you. We hope you will play along and share it in our Facebook Community Group. If you use our recipe use the #fortheloveofhomemadekits so we can see what you create too. Each Month I will highlight and share layouts and kits I have seen online on the blog, so you can be inspired to use your stash.
3. Starting in February, there will be exclusive digital products and a sequin mix (inspired by the monthly inspiration piece) in our online Store. the goal right now is to offer 6 4X6 cards and 4 3X4 cards and an 8 X11 sheet with elements that can be printed and fussy cut or to be made into stickers. All these items can be used on your scrapbooking, mixed media and art projects. They are designed to lean more toward mixed media scrapbooking in mind. Also above will be some exclusive digital sticker sheets designed by my daughter Cayden. Each month I will design and sell an exclusive sequin mix that also can pair with the digital products and the inspiration piece for the month.
The goal is to have the storefront all ready on 2/13-2/14. Be on the look out for more details as we near that date. I will be updating you as we get closer. As we speak I am getting the Storefront all ready for you.
4. I will also be adding my old classes on the store/website. I have two classes that I have created over the years. One classes is an autumn themed mini album. I made this class during my time with Clique Kits Design Team. The second class I am offering is a Watercolor Scrapbooking Background Class. It is the basics to using watercolors to create a background to use while scrapbooking. I created this in 2020 and am excited to release it again on this platform. Also Later in the spring, Crafty Meggy will be sharing and refreshing a sketch class she designed for her patreon.
5. In the future-possibly April/May we have a big bit of news to share. When We get closer to that time I will explain more. I am so excited to share when we are ready.
For today that is all the updates!! I hope you are inspired by all these changes and excited to see everything come together. I know I am, I can’t wait to see what you create with all the new inspiration we are sharing here at The Crafty Maven Getaway.
Later this week I will be sharing more about the February Inspiration Piece and For the Love Of Homemade kits recipe. See you then!!
